Chapter 11: Yoshio Shinozuka's helplessness

Wang Yue drove the obviously overloaded Fiat Lancia 626BL multi-purpose truck and left, Li Yunlong was still there waving his hand vigorously until the car completely disappeared, no way, he was so happy, his brother Wang was really interesting, he was going to get himself 8 howitzers, dozens of mortars, and eight tanks at once, and now his 1000 regiment really completely crushed the devil wing level troops in terms of firepower, and he even dared to touch a brigade.

"Li Yunlong, I will ask the headquarters teaching team to send you some artillery and automobile soldiers, I warn you, you must hurry up to train gunners and tank soldiers, and we must not have a situation where the equipment comes and we are not used!" Brigade Commander Zhengse said that he should bring the CV33 and artillery back to the headquarters, but due to the verbal agreement with Wang Yue, he could only send people to Li Yunlong's side for training, but it was okay to save food expenses.

"Yes, mission guaranteed! It's—" Li Yunlong is colorful.

"Don't worry, I know that you also lack technical troops in your hands, and you also have your share in the artillery supported by the headquarters, and the other is your No. 1 tank, which will also be under your command from today onwards, but in the future, you will have to bear half of the supplies of this tank force." The brigade commander naturally knew what Li Yunlong wanted.

"Brigade commander, it's not good, tanks are not easy to raise." Li Yunlong looked at the No. 1 tank every day, and his heart was itchy, but when he thought that it would burn money as soon as it started, he didn't have so much enthusiasm.

"This is a task, no bargaining, as for the other half, it will be converted into a border ticket for you as appropriate, and you will find a way to purchase it yourself!" The brigade commander is also worried. Twelve cannons are good, but twelve tanks, how many supplies are needed, as soon as he thought of this, he was worried about Zhang Wanhe, but he didn't know if Wang Yue could help purchase fuel, alas, Lao Zhang didn't know if he asked.

"Commander, it's not good!" At this moment, a warrior in the distance galloped over on a war horse, shouting as he went.

"What's the panic, what's going on?" Li Yunlong was on fire at that time, in front of the brigade commander, his soldiers were so flustered, they really didn't give themselves face.

"Report to the regiment commander, the last wave of convoys transporting supplies to the headquarters was ambushed by devils, the political commissar was sacrificed, and a squad of the regimental guard company was also wiped out, and at present, a battalion of the 772 regiment has gone to chase after it." The little soldier reported a little choked, and Kong Jie on the side also leaned into Li Yunlong's ear, explaining that this soldier was just a logistics breeder, and he usually fed the horses, so it was normal to be a little panicked at this time.

"Devils, where did the devils come from, they all ran to the defense area of the 772nd regiment?" Li Yunlong is so angry, the little devil has also been evil in the past few days, why do you always stick to the hinterland of the base area, and go deeper and deeper again and again, I really think that the Eighth Route Army is muddy!

"A group of very strange devils, a total of eight or nine people, wearing better military uniforms than ordinary devils, equipped with submachine guns, the guns are also accurate, one face, the comrades of the guard company are all sacrificed, the devil who is the leader, and also cut off the head of the political commissar with a saber, we didn't have time to organize a counterattack, they grabbed things and ran." The little soldier stabilized his mood and continued to report.

"Grab something? What did they rob? "Li Yunlong is a little strange, this group of devils has entered the hinterland of the Eighth Route Army base area, it is said that they should hide their whereabouts, wait for the opportunity to do big things, attack the transport team, and rob things, this is not the style of the devil, you must know the defense area of the 772 Regiment, but the core area of the base area, the headquarters are there.

"A light machine gun, a pack of military uniforms, the devil shot quickly, the people in front didn't know what was happening, they retreated, the comrades of the 772nd regiment came over in less than ten minutes, but it was still too late."

"Brigade commander, it's almost dark this day, and the devils may not be able to run in the mountains, so I will arrange for the troops to strengthen the guard force of the pass, and we must not let these devils run out!" Seeing that the brigade commander's face was pale, Li Yunlong said on the side.

"You look at the arrangement yourself, in short, you can't let these devils run out of your defense area, I have to make a few phone calls quickly, so that the surrounding troops are moving, grandma's, it's too a slap in the face, could this group of devils fall from the sky?"

This night, the entire 386 Brigade moved, going all out to encircle and suppress the Yamamoto Special Team, but unfortunately, they finally let these devils jump out of the gap in the defense line and escape into the Huting stronghold on the edge of the base area, as for the battalion of the 772nd Regiment responsible for the pursuit, it lost more than 50 people.

Hearing this, the commander of the 772nd Regiment Cheng was angry, one of his battalions was stunned to let a few little devils run away, the other party did not have any casualties, and he lost half of the company, which was too embarrassing! Unwillingly, he mobilized troops to knock down the devil's Huting stronghold and completely eliminate the devil's small army, but after several hours of fierce fighting, nearly 100 casualties, and more than 100 mortar shells were consumed, and if it wasn't for the brigade commander's order to deliver it in time, it is estimated that the 772nd regiment would have to continue to die.

Although the brigade commander didn't want to continue to fight with the Japanese army, he couldn't just end it hastily, so he asked Li Yunlong to drag the 1906 75-mm gun over, and fired ten shells in a row at the Huting stronghold before finally taking the place. It's just a pity that the devil squad has already left in the car that answered, which made the commanders and fighters of the Eighth Route Army who took this stronghold not have the slightest joy, slap in the face, the devil is a slap in the face.

When the Eighth Route Army was cleaning up the aftermath of this incident, Yamamoto Kazuki had already returned to Taiyuan with his special team, and the commander of the First Army, Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka, knew that they had made a major discovery in the base area of the Eighth Route Army, and immediately summoned him.

"Yamamoto-kun, are you saying that the Eighth Route Army is likely to have received strong foreign aid?" To find out the reason, Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka also had a grim face.

"Yes, Your Excellency, they got a small number of light weapons of a Huaxia division at one time, a large number of military uniforms, and even a small number of tanks and artillery, and the photos are still being developed, you will be able to see it in a while."

"Yamamoto, this gun and military uniform are imported?" Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka pointed to the weapons and uniforms in front of him.

"Yes, Your Excellency, this is a Breda 1930 light machine gun from the Noodle Country, it is the only light machine gun currently in service in the Noodle Army, and as for the military uniform, it is also the equipment of the North African Army of the Noodle Country, I saw these when I was in Europe, I can't be wrong."

"You mean the Noodle Country is supporting the Eighth Route Army?" Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka hesitated.

"Your Excellency, this matter is not certain, because in North Africa, these equipment have also been seized in large quantities, and this machine gun is still old, or it may be supported by other countries, and the British animals have always been unfriendly to the Empire." Yamamoto Kazuki shook his head slightly, the equipment of the noodle country is actually not difficult to obtain, and even the devil himself has purchased a lot.

"No matter who it is, the Eighth Route Army has a channel where you can get a lot of weapons, it's tricky." The lieutenant general couldn't help but tap his fingers on the desk a few times.

"Your Excellency, your subordinates have demanded that the Yang Village be immediately bombarded, where almost three regiments of the Eighth Route Army have been assembled, well-equipped and well-trained, and besides, the subordinates also suspect that this Yang Village is an important node in the Eighth Route Army's access to weapons" Yamamoto Kazuki bowed his head and pleaded.

"The aviation forces do not dare to act on a large scale for the time being, Lieutenant General Kinoshita is planning a large-scale bombing of Chongqing, a large number of supplies and planes have been transferred to the direction of Wuhan, Taiyuan's 29th Independent Flying Team has not been replenished for two months, fuel and ammunition must be kept to deal with emergencies, and the existing ammunition is not matched with the remaining old aircraft." Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka smiled bitterly, those guys in the military department only know how to sing high-pitched, but the invincible Imperial Japanese Army has been constrained by the bad supply situation from the beginning of the development.

"Your Excellency, can we send ground troops to sweep Yang Village?" Kazuki Yamamoto was a little unwilling.

"The North China Dispatch Army is indeed planning a sweep, but it is still mobilizing supplies and troops, and it will need to wait until June." Yoshio Shinozuka also knew that now was the most important time to do it, but he couldn't do it.

"But." Kazuki Yamamoto was a little frustrated.

"There are almost three regiments of the Eighth Route Army stationed near Yangcun, located in the base area of the Eighth Route Army, we have to use at least one brigade of troops to sweep up, and we also have to be supported by the same amount of Imperial Cooperative Army, and the materials consumed are also huge, even if we want to sweep, we also need time to prepare." Yoshio Shinozuka shook his head.

"Your Excellency, I hope you can approve me to lead my troops to attack Daxia Bay and eradicate the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army!" Kazuki Yamamoto is clearly still not reconciled.

"Yamamoto, your reconnaissance operation this time has alarmed the Eighth Route Army, they won't give you a chance, at least for the time being, it is impossible, however, I need you to closely monitor the Eighth Route Army, especially the Yangcun and Daxiawan areas, you probably don't know yet, the Eighth Route Army has destroyed the stronghold of Huting in retaliation, and a small team of imperial troops has broken jade, and the Imperial Alliance Army has also lost a battalion, and the losses can be described as huge."

Don't think that there are very few teams, in fact, in the occupied areas, the garrisons of many county towns are just a small team, many of them are still downsized squads of more than 30 people, and more still rely on the Imperial Army, the security regiment, and the security army, and in the northeast, some towns with tens of thousands of people are just two devil gendarmes stationed.

"I'm sorry Your Excellency, it's me who owe it to me, I shouldn't have attacked the transport convoy of the Eighth Route Army, private Marseille!" Yamamoto listened to Yoshio Shinozuka's words and looked guilty.

"Yamamoto, nothing, normal losses, not to mention that the losses of the Eighth Route Army are not small, according to the feedback of the intelligence agencies, a battalion of the 772nd Regiment has been disabled, the elite of the Eighth Route Army, we are not at a loss, I have already greeted the captain of the 29th Independent Flying Team, Mitsuoka Akinakasa, from today onwards, you can use a reconnaissance plane at any time, and you can also use my special plane at a critical moment, you always complain about the lack of support from the air force, but, I hope that this time you can open up the situation from the side of the Jin Sui Army or the Central Army, you must know that if you want the military department to support you, you must have dazzling results, understand? Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka was already starting to speak a little seriously at this time.